1935 Michigan State Spartans football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1935

| team = Michigan State Spartans

| sport = football

| image = 1935 Michigan State Spartans football team.png

| image_size = 285

| conference = Independent

| record = 6–2

| head_coach = Charlie Bachman

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_scheme = Notre Dame Box

| def_scheme =

| mvp = Sid Wagner

| captain = Sid Wagner

| stadium = Macklin Field

}}

The 1935 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1935 college football season. In their third season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 6–2 record and won their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 25 to 6 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Kansas (42–0) and the Loyola Lions (27–0) but lost to Boston College (18–6).{{cite news|title=2016 Football Media Guide|publisher=Michigan State University|pages=146, 153|access-date=June 16, 2017|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf|archive-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117203046/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/msu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/msu-media-guide-history-145-19.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=1935 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=June 16, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1935-schedule.html}}

Guard Sid Wagner was a consensus first-team player on the 1935 College Football All-America Team.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222163944/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 28||{{cfb link|year=1935|team=Grinnell Pioneers|title=Grinnell}}|Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|W 41-0||

|October 5|at|Michigan (rivalry)|Michigan Stadium|Ann Arbor, MI|W 25-6|32,315|

|October 12||Kansas|Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|W 42-0||

|October 19|at|Boston College|Alumni Field|Chestnut Hill, MA|L 6-18||

|October 26||Washington University|Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|W 47-13||

|November 2|at|Temple|Temple Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 12-7|25,000|{{cite news|title=Temple and Penn Beaten by Michigan Foes: Spartan Drive Gains Triumph in Last Period|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 3, 1935|page=1S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52176465/temple-and-penn-beaten-by-michigan-foes/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 9||Marquette|Macklin Field|East Lansing, MI|L 7-13|20,000|{{cite news|title=Marquette Victor, 13-7: Michigan State Goes Down to Defeat Before Strong Golden Avalanche|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 10, 1935|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121171612/marquette-victor-13-7-michigan-state/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 16|at|Loyola (CA)|Gilmore Stadium|Los Angeles, CA|W 27-0|9,000|{{cite news|title=Loyola Lions Beaten, 27 to 0, by Spartans|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Frank Finch|date=November 17, 1935|pages=17–18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22908404/loyola_lions_beaten_27_to_0_by/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

Game summaries

=Michigan=

On October 5, Michigan State opened its 1935 season with its annual rivalry game against the Michigan Wolverines. The Spartans had defeated the Wolverines in 1934 for the first time since 1915. Led by head coach Charlie Bachman and left halfback Kurt Warmbein, the Spartans again defeated the Wolverines, 25 to 6. It was the first time the Spartans had defeated the Wolverines in consecutive games.{{cite news|title=State Scores in Every Period to Beat Michigan, 25 to 6: Spartan Line Leads Charge to 4 Markers|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Tod Rockwell|date=October 6, 1935|pages=Sports 1, 6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8146450/state_scores_in_every_period_to_beat/}}

References

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